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About Agricultural And Heavy Equipment Diploma in Olds College

What can you expect from the program?

This comprehensive program will give you a thorough understanding of the fundamentals in engines, hydraulics, braking, electrical, starting, charging, fuel systems and more. Students in this program will have the option of choosing one of two majors; Agricultural Equipment or Heavy Equipment. After program completion, you have the option of writing apprenticeship exams for full technical accreditation towards your specific trade. You will also be well placed to attain Alberta Journeyman Status, pending completion of job training hours specified by Alberta Industry Trade Board.

What will you learn?

Our classrooms are discipline specific (e.g. motor lab, machinery lab) with a small student to instructor ratio and personal workbenches. With our experienced, Journeyman certified, industry-trained instructors, you will receive an education placing you at the forefront of the technical curve. Our extensive tool room exposes students to a wide range of tooling solutions for better problem solving and the large workshops comfortably house industry equipment for overhaul projects.

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Employ current Occupational Health and Safety and Industry safety standards and procedures in the workplace
• Communicate to achieve desired outcomes in industry
• Make decisions regarding the adjustment and repair of agricultural and heavy equipment systems
• Demonstrate proficiency in adjustment and repair of selected agricultural and heavy equipment systems to meet industry and government standards
• Diagnose common faults on agricultural and heavy equipment
• Maintain agricultural and heavy equipment
• Use advanced technologies on agricultural and heavy equipment

Agricultural Equipment Major

Agricultural equipment students will learn to repair, overhaul and maintain agricultural equipment including tractors, tillage equipment, seeding equipment, and harvesting equipment. They may also specialize in service and repair of fuel injection pumps and injectors, engine overhaul, hydraulic systems, power shift transmissions or specific types of equipment (combines, forage harvesters, tractors, etc.). A strong pathway into precision farming systems is also included.

Heavy Equipment Major

Heavy equipment students will learn to maintain, repair, and overhaul heavy vehicles and industrial equipment. They may also learn how to maintain and repair various types of vehicles and equipment including internal combustion engines, tracked equipment, earth moving equipment, rubber tired equipment, on- and off-highway trucks, or towed on- and off-highway trailers.

Your Future

Job opportunities include: diagnostic and repair technician, equipment maintenance and servicing, construction companies, heavy equipment repair facilities, agricultural equipment dealerships, parts, sales and distribution, company service representative and farm worker/equipment repair.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS      :     no band below 5.5, with an overall band score of no less than a 6.0
• TOEFL    :     overall score of no less than 80 with no academic section below 18
• PTE         :     score of at least 53-54 with no communicative skill profile below 53. 

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